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Section 3 - Political devlopments
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- 1Why were the Liberals in decline in 1922?-Loss of traditional support
-First past the post
-Divide after WW1
-Lack of funding - 2How did Labour come into power?-1922 Bonar Law resigns after 8 months
-King chooses Baldwin
-Baldwin holds election over protectionism as solution to unemployment to get mandate
-Fails - Libs and Labour united over free trade
-Labour form minority with support of Libs - 3Why did Labour win so many seats in 1924?-Most working class support to labour not lib - best represented post war needs
-Organised - good funding, organised more at constituency level, created constitution after 1918
-Gained experience in war and showed themselves to be a patriotic party - 4What were Labours aims?-Gain the confidence of the country
- 5What were Labours reforms?-Small social reforms - increase in national insurance and state scholarships to uni - chancellor didn't want to spend much
-Housing - increased gov subsidy per house built £6 - £9 - rent not buy to appeal to working class - half million houses built by 1933 - 6Successes and aims in International relations?-Dawes plan - negotiated French exit from ruhr, decreased reparation, organised German loans
-Visited League of nations and supported disarmament - improved international situation - 7Reasons for Conservative dominance in 20s?-Broad based support
-Impact of WW1 - gained support and divided Liberals
-Fear of communism
-Newspaper support
-Good funding
-Electoral change - plural voting, redistribution of seats act, women vote conservative - 8Controversial economic policy? Impact?-Return to gold standard 1925
-Increased value of pound by 10% - made British export uncompetitive in European markets - 9Unemployment numbers? Nickname?-1 mil - 10% of workforce
-The intractable million - 10Conservative reforms?-Welfare reforms - Chamberlain minister of health - contributory OAP workers and wives 10s a week after 65
-National insurance claimed indefinitely if workers 'genuinely seeking work'
-Local authorities given more duties
-To pay for this 25% of factories and all farms didn't have to pay local rates - thought would encourage employment - 11Examples of state intervention under conservatives?-CEB - national electricity grid
-BBC - national radio broadcast
-1928 representation of the people act - all women over 21, increased electorate 22 mil to 29 mil - 12Summary?-Liberals divided
-Labour 2nd party
-Conservatives dominated and made important social reforms
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